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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.

Congress workers holding the party flag celebrate the partys win in Karnataka Assembly elections, outside Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Sunday, May 14, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress' main challenge is burden of expectations

The victory has unsurprisingly created a dilemma that has become quite routine for the Congress

18 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge with BRS MP K. Keshava Rao, DMK MP TR Baalu, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, RJD MP Manoj Jha and fellow opposition MPs during a joint press conference following their Tiranga March, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | India's political topography starts to look a bit...

Standing together in solidarity against the perceived intimidation and coercive tactics of Modi govt is reassuring for...

20 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Opposition MPs protest in the Rajya Sabha during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Time and tide will not wait for the Opposition to...

Time, however, like the tide, may be running out for the multiplicity of initiatives and their corresponding variables

21 March 2023 11:33 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses BJP workers during celebrations after the partys performance in Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya Assembly polls, at the BJP HQ in New Delhi, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | N-E verdict: Why there's no alternative to Modi

The BJP's success, on its own in Tripura and as a junior alliance partner in Nagaland and Meghalaya, are invaluable to...

7 March 2023 1:00 AM IST

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Kharge's strategy: How the Congress can corner Modi

If the parliamentary performance is any indication, the combination of Rahul and Kharge is effective in making Mr Modi...

14 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Shikha Mukerjee | Insurrection in America: How tail wagged the dog!

Over 150 years ago, the House of Representatives had voted 133 times to elect Nathaniel Banks as Speaker in 1856.

12 Jan 2023 12:02 AM IST

The Bharat Jodo Yatra is not a journey without maps . It has crept up on the existing grammar of politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | How the three-shell trick works in India's politics

Every politician knows, some far better than others, how to hide the dirty pea under a shell and confuse the voter about...

3 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, greets Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during the swearing in ceremony of the later in Gandhinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | After Gujarat, can BJP beat law of diminishing...

In Gujarat and in Himachal Pradesh, Mr Modi made no bones about how the voters should weigh their choices

13 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor and others during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kerala. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | After Bharat Jodo, time for Vote Jodo' by Opp.

It is the responsibility of the Congress to make sure that the yatra is not a politically futile effort

17 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi takes stock of the situationa at the site of the bridge collapse over the Machchhu river easlier in the week.

Shikha Mukerjee | Morbi shows anatomy of political immunity

The Gujarat election in December 2022 will be a test of Mr Modi's winnability rather than that of the chief minister

5 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi greeting newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. (AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | Cong's Kharge era: Can he & Gandhis make it work?

Among the immediate and urgent challenges facing the Congress and its new non-Gandhi president are the Assembly...

22 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

The Congress Party on Saturday postponed its rally, on the economic slowdown scheduled for December 1, citing the increased security measures in view of the Ayodhya verdict. (Representational Image | PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Our time will come' But Cong doesn't know when!

The leaders are so wrapped up in themselves that they are disdainful of reality

30 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST